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Articles from 2017

George Orwell’s dystopian ‘1984’ tops Amazon’s best-seller list in first week of Trump presidency

George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” topped Amazon’s best-seller list this week in wake of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway’s “alternative facts” comment.… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur launches VR startup with an unusual spin after selling her startup to UW

(Updated Thursday with details about UW’s acquisition of Zealyst). After selling her enterprise collaboration startup Zealyst to the University of Washington,… Read More

What did Trump say now? Oh, it’s just a great new Bad Lip Reading video from Inauguration Day

In a week that could use a dose of comedy relief, the folks at Bad Lip Reading nailed the timing on… Read More

Working Geek: TINYpulse Chief Product Officer Matt Hulett’s 11 tips for running meetings and making time for family

About a year ago, Seattle startup vet Matt Hulett returned from a two-year stint as CEO for ClickBank in Boise,… Read More

Groundhog Day

‘O.K. campers, rise and shine!’ Alexa channels ‘Groundhog Day’ with new commands for holiday

When Bill Murray wakes up in the 1993 comedy classic “Groundhog Day,” the only thing on his bedside table is… Read More

Google deleted more than 1.7B ‘bad ads’ in 2016 and banned 200 publishers in fake news fight

Google cracked down on bad advertising in 2016, taking down 1.7 billion ads that violated its advertising policies, the company… Read More

Lyft lets riders use pre-tax dollars for Line rides to and from work in Seattle, NYC, other cities

Workers in Seattle, New York City, Boston, and Miami are now able to use pretax dollars to commute to work… Read More

HoloLens

Microsoft’s HoloLens is a vital tool in trials aimed at revolutionizing the construction industry

Microsoft is making strides to ensure that the HoloLens could increasingly become a tool that architects, engineers and others in… Read More

F5 Networks posts $516M in revenue, but shares drop 4% after earnings miss expectations

F5 Networks, a Seattle-based provider of hardware and software to increase networked-application speed and security, posted revenue of $516 million… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Whitepages seeks backend engineers as Seattle workforce expands

Whitepages, a leading contact information resource for North America, is adding several members to its Seattle team. One of the open positions… Read More

Bad call? President Trump reportedly still using an unsecured Android phone in White House

Despite having settled into the Oval Office, President Donald Trump is still using his unsecured Android phone, The New York Times… Read More

Rangeland scientist

After huge outcry, USDA scales back its limits on scientists’ contacts with public

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have rescinded an order that barred its researchers from releasing “public-facing documents,” ranging from news releases… Read More

Podcast

GearedUp! What really happened to the Note 7, a way to locate lost AirPods, and the tangled world of music streaming

Eight months after reports began circulating of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 catching fire, the company has released a detailed report… Read More

Facebook announces major changes to embattled Trending Topics section, removes personalization

As it continues to fight the spread of fake news, Facebook announced major changes to its Trending Topics section Wednesday.… Read More

Echo Dot

More than 8M people own an Amazon Echo as customer awareness increases ‘dramatically’

Amazon continues to see more and more traction with its voice-enabled speaker. A new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP)… Read More

Amazon foldable-wing drone

Amazon’s latest drone patent features foldable wings for flippable flight

Amazon has sought patents for hitchhiking drones, mini-drones that can sit on shoulders, drones that assemble themselves like Lego toys – and… Read More

Amazon sails into ocean freight business, expanding retail giant’s role in shipping

Amazon has successfully begun shipping goods from Chinese merchants to U.S. warehouses by ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.… Read More

The remarkable life and legacy of Ric Weiland, Microsoft employee No. 2, still making an impact a decade after his death

Ric Weiland — Microsoft’s employee No. 2 — was a tech geek to the core. In the summer  of 1969,… Read More

AI sportswear startup Sensoria adds former Microsoft president to board

Sensoria is adding two former Microsoft execs to its leadership team. The Redmond, Wash.-based startup today announced that former Microsoft… Read More

Boeing logo

Boeing beats quarterly expectations and plans to stay the course in 2017

The Boeing Co. reported quarterly revenue that went beyond what analysts were expecting, and the company’s CEO said he expected new… Read More

Startup uses Microsoft technology to translate text messages in real-time for world leaders at Davos

The roughly 3,000 leaders from science, economics, politics and business who attended the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, this month may… Read More

Self-sanitizing keyboard creator Vioguard secures $5M — eyes escalator handrails and pens next

Vioguard, the Bothell, Wash., company that created a self-sanitizing keyboard and mouse, has secured another $5 million in Series A… Read More

Gates Foundation is giving $279M to help UW study global population health, the largest private donation in university history

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the University of Washington a $279 million grant, distributed over the next… Read More

Telomeres

Study links infant diarrhea to telomere shortening and troubles later in life

Frequent bouts of diarrhea can be bad news for babies, even decades later: A new study has found a correlation between… Read More

UW spinout KenSci raises $8.5M for machine learning platform that predicts which patients will get sick

Healthcare is an expensive industry. Every year, the United States spends about $9,000 per capita on healthcare, higher than in many… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joining Starbucks board, giving coffee giant another jolt of tech experience

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been nominated to the Starbucks board, creating a new connection between the Seattle-area corporate titans… Read More

Sleep-deprived laptop user

Scientists use Microsoft Bands and Bing to link lack of sleep to cognitive impairment

It may not be surprising that lack of sleep leaves you less sharp, but researchers have now quantified the effect… Read More

Vicis partners with University of Alabama at Birmingham to create ‘next generation’ football helmets

Vicis is getting some help from the University of Alabama at Birmingham to develop a better football helmet. The Seattle-based… Read More

Image: Elon Musk

In surprise move, Tesla head Elon Musk tweets that Rex Tillerson could be ‘excellent’ Secretary of State

President Trump’s Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson received some surprising support on Tuesday when Tesla and SpaceX head Elon… Read More

Fearing Trump administration’s reach, Seattle City Council fights FBI and SPD’s ‘warrantless surveillance cameras’

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, the ACLU, and privacy advocates are championing an effort to regulate and remove surveillance cameras… Read More

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